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Facebook's ownership is becoming murkier by the minute. During a court hearing Tuesday, the social networking company's attorney said she was "unsure" whether founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract that could potentially give an 84% stake in the company to Paul Ceglia, a New York businessman.

What did Jimi Hendrix, Anna Nicole Smith, Steve McNair and Sonny Bono have in common? They all died without proper estate plans. As a result, their deaths became overshadowed by stories of relatives and lawyers launching legal volleys at each other during attempts to settle their estates. They're...

Facebook and other social networking sites have developed an unusual, but perhaps unsurprising, new fan base: divorce attorneys. As more people stray into infidelity via connections made on the Internet, lawyers are profiting from the evidence left behind by all that online over-sharing.

As an investment banker years ago in New York, I knew a good number of associates at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (known simply as "Skadden" in the industry). The law firm's banking practice is huge and notorious for working its attorneys to the bone, for extremely good wages, of...

I have a friend, Laurie, from Long Beach, California, who is having tax issues with the IRS. Getting the problem resolved isn't something she can do on her own, she definitely needs legal help. However, instead of hiring a tax attorney at $400 an hour, Laurie went to Legal Grind, a coffeehouse in...

You know the job market for lawyers has to be tough if there are actually applicants for a $30,000 a year position. An attorney in New York posted the "job" on Craigslist, making it sound like the worst lawyer job ever. It was listed as a job with a firm in midtown Manhattan, a salary of $30,000,...